Monday, November 5, 2012

Thomas S. Green nominations are due!

The criteria for the Thomas S. Green Awards, which are open to all city and town employees except department and division heads, are as follows:

Municipal employees in Worcester County

Exceptional competence and efficient handling of all assigned responsibilities.

Willing performance of tasks above and beyond the call of duty.

Friendly, helpful, and cooperative attitude toward the public and fellow employees.

Volunteer community service outside the scope of job-related responsibilities. (Important, but not required.)

I have it on good authority that they rarely see teachers for this and don't seen nearly enough nominations of public schools employees. So: that teacher who has been so great to your child; the custodian who goes above and beyond; the secretary who is incredibly helpful...nominate them! We need to celebrate people who do this work.

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A note

What is posted on who-cester is my work and my views; what is posted here does not necessarily represent the views of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (for whom I work as a field director). You'll need to look at masc.org for that.

The Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Chapter V, Section II.

Wisdom, and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments among the people.(John Adams, 1779)